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Could Origami Be The Future Of VR Haptics?

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Hanqing Jiang, who was a part of the research team, learned about a form of origami called curved origami (or curved crease origami) while at Arizona State University in 2020 and used it to create stiffness with paper-made sculptures. Feature Image Credit: Danyang Zhu, Westlake University The post Could Origami Be The Future Of VR Haptics?

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VAR LIVE Combines Wind, Smell, And Haptics For Next-Level Location-Based VR

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These are multifaceted audio-visual productions that, when done correctly, are capable of delivering shockingly realistic immersive experiences impossible to replicate using at-home VR hardware. Moving forward VAR LIVE hopes to have 30,000 machines in the Asian market within the next five years. VAR Entertainment Ltd.

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This ‘Intelligent Carpet’ Lets You Tiptoe Through VR

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The Seamless Walk system ditches wearable hardware in favor of pressure sensors and machine learning technology. This information is then fed into a machine learning model that’s able to estimate the angle of your body as well as your general movement speed and translate the data into realistic virtual movements.

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From Brain-Computer Interfaces To Digital Humans: How These Technologies Are Bringing Us Closer To The Metaverse

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But just how far are we from becoming one with the metaverse and what can we learn about ourselves through sensory technologies? It was an optimistic estimate as consumers and hardware alike have required a transition and adoption phase. Brain-Computer Interfaces. It’s a risky business, but also an absolute reality. “

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The XR Week Peek (2022.07.04): Big tech companies perform budget cuts, Mojo tests its smart contact lens in-eye, and more!

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It has been a watershed moment, because before this week many people were skeptical about Mojo Vision since they thought the hardware was cool but there was no way it could work safely inside a human eye. It’s incredible how we will have the first smart contact lens product before 2030… it seems like hardware coming from a sci-fi movie!

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Sony’s Upcoming MR Headset Could Point the Way for Controllers on Vision Pro

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Vision Pro doesn’t have controllers, but it’s clear Apple will need to support immersive hardware input somehow in the future, if only for the greater precision it might bring to industry professionals. That’s to say, there is only so much Apple (or anyone) can do without controllers.

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SenseGlove review: a nice DK1 for force-feedback in VR

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SenseGlove is an exoskeleton for your hands that is able to provide you haptics sensations. Thanks to the force feedback, the user can really feel the drilling machine in his hands (Image by SenseGlove). As you can see, the hardware setup is not plug and play. Haptics quality. What is SenseGlove?

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